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June 30, 2026

Software Engineer - Networking Software and Services

Senior • On-site

Palo Alto, CA

ABOUT xAI

xAI's mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. The team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. The organization values curiosity, hands-on contribution, strong prioritization, and clear communication.

About the Role

As part of the Network Software and Services for AI (nssAI) team, you will build cutting-edge software, services, and frameworks to empower Network Development Engineers. You will work hands-on across all facets of network management, including metric collection, configuration, zero-touch provisioning, monitoring, and auto-remediation, driving automation-first solutions for production and ancillary networks.

The role involves developing extensible tools, streamlining complex processes, and ensuring high reliability to support AI training and inference workloads.

Focus

  • Building software and tools with extensive metrics coverage for large-scale GPU supercomputing network fabrics used for AI training and serving inference queries.
  • Implementing Infrastructure as Code best practices, enhancing deployment pipelines, and ensuring robust and secure service delivery across production environments.

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Deep experience collaborating with network engineers using extensive knowledge of physical and logical network topologies and protocols.
  • Expert knowledge and proven history of designing scalable and reliable software from the ground up.
  • Experience building and orchestrating tens of thousands of network devices at high speed.
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguity and create metrics to help prioritize team focus.

Tech Stack

  • Python
  • Go
  • TCP/IP
  • BGP
  • RDMA

Annual Salary Range

$150,000 - 250,000k

Benefits

Base salary is part of the total rewards package, which includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and additional discounts and perks.

xAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view the Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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On-site

Memphis, TN

🏢 Summary: Network Engineer role focused on supporting and evolving a large-scale global corporate and backbone network, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security. The position involves provisioning, monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving network infrastructure, as well as contributing to standards, automation, and operational excellence. Candidates will work hands-on with network devices, routing protocols, and remote access technologies in a dynamic environment. 🗂️ Requirements: Basic understanding of BGP configuration and management, Knowledge of backbone and datacenter networks, Working knowledge of at least one internal routing protocol, Working knowledge of TCP/IP, Working knowledge of corporate networking, Working knowledge of remote access technologies, Understanding of wireless technologies, Ability to provision and manage network devices and circuits, Experience with network monitoring and troubleshooting, Strong documentation and communication skills, Eligibility under ITAR regulations 📃 Skills: BGP, TCP/IP, Routing, Wireless, RemoteAccess, Juniper, Cisco, Aruba, Arista, NAC, Scripting, Automation, Datacenter, Backbone, Networking 🏢 Description: ABOUT xAI xAI's mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.ABOUT THE ROLE: Our Network Engineering team handles a dynamic, constantly growing and evolving global network that provides a reliable, high-performance and secure network behind one of the few products in the world that touches over 1 billion people. The ideal candidate is a Network Engineer who is proficient with the fundamentals, and eager to grow your skills on a global network. You're a motivated pragmatic thinker, eager to get the job done while finding a balance between shipping and quality with a: RESPONSIBILITIES: Help to define configuration and architecture standards Contribute to the qualification of new platforms Provisioning of network devices in corporate offices and POPs as per documented procedures Provisioning and management of corporate circuits Contribute to the continuous improvement of configuration standards and operational procedures Contribute to the continuous improvement of corporate device monitoring Liaise with third parties, IT and remote office users to fix and resolve issues Creation and execution of scheduled changes, process & documentation Participate in the on call rotation Maintaining and upgrading existing systems, firmware updates and configurations Monitoring network performance and ensuring system availability and reliability Troubleshooting: Analyzing and resolving network hardware and software problems BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Basic understanding of BGP configuration and management Basic knowledge of backbone and datacenter networks Working understanding of wireless technologies Working knowledge of at least one internal routing protocol, its configuration and day to day operation Working knowledge of corporate networking Working knowledge of TCP/IP Working knowledge of remote access Strong documentation and communication skill set PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Familiarity with the following: Multiple networking vendors, such as Juniper, Cisco, Aruba, Arista Remote Access Network security and NAC Scripting and automation of network operations activities ITAR REQUIREMENTS: To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here. xAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.